VMware Tools Privilege Escalation And Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities - Mac OS X
🗓️ 10 Jan 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware Tools Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-07808) | 19 Sep 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| VMware Tools Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | 19 Sep 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-7079 | 29 Dec 201609:02 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-7080 | 29 Dec 201609:02 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-7079 | 29 Dec 201609:02 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2016-7080 | 29 Dec 201609:02 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2016-7959 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| EUVD-2016-7960 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| VMware Fusion 8.x < 8.5.0 Multiple Privilege Escalations (VMSA-2016-0014) (Mac OS X) | 15 Sep 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| VMware Tools 9.x / 10.x < 10.0.9 Multiple Privilege Escalations (VMSA-2016-0014) (Mac OS X) | 15 Sep 201600:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/92938 |
| vmware | www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:vmware:tools";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.810266");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-7079", "CVE-2016-7080");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-07-30 01:29:00 +0000 (Sun, 30 Jul 2017)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-01-10 12:53:05 +0530 (Tue, 10 Jan 2017)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_name("VMware Tools Privilege Escalation And Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities - Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VMware Tools is prone to denial of service and privilege escalation vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws are due to
the graphic acceleration functions used in VMware Tools for OSX handle
memory incorrectly.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow local
users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.0.9
on Mac OS X.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to VMware Tool version 10.0.9 or
later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92938");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_vmware_tools_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VMwareTools/MacOSX/Version");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!vmtoolVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(vmtoolVer =~ "^(9|10)")
{
if(version_is_less(version:vmtoolVer, test_version:"10.0.9"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vmtoolVer, fixed_version:"10.0.9");
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
}
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28 Apr 2026 00:00Current
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